How do I disable the new titlebar in Modern Apps?

Anonymous
2014-04-08T18:42:38+00:00

I installed the new W8.1 update 1 today.  I find the new Metro App titlebar totally stupid, useless, and very annoying.  It apparently only shows on computers with a mouse attached.

Is there a way to disable this titlebar?  I hear it may officially be called a "window menu".

I have been using Stardock's ModernMix to make Modern/Metro useful.  ModernMix is what the new update should have been.  Having this new titlebar popping up across the top of my screen when using windowed modern apps is really annoying!

BTW, what is it nowadays, Modern, Metro, or Retro?  lol

Edit 04-10-2014:  Stardock got this solved real slick with their new ModernMix 1.14 beta.  They even managed to add a window option to the titlebar, which still shows in full screen mode.  Nice!  When you reduce a modern app down to a window, the title bar is disabled.

Pretty slick!  I can't understand why Stardock is so good at this stuff but it takes Microsoft multiple versions over multiple years to get to the same place, maybe!

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-30T00:21:43+00:00

    Using apps like Facebook, Email and Modern-based web browsers,such as Chrome, can be really frustrating. a simple misclick or wider mouse movement and ~BAM~ your app just got closed by a mischievous title bar. As a laptop user, this is a constant issue...

    Also, the space hogging Start Button and the discrepand contextual right-click menu at the Start Screen are issues that should be addressed.

    Maybe simple system flags that can be set somewhere, just as the "go to desktop when all apps are closed" option Microsoft added to the taskbar configurations.

    Seriously, I never thought inflexible users would manage to break an operating system that had just evolved to be like its user-friendly peers (I'm talking about how close Windows 8 brought me to my previous Ubuntu and OSX experiences).

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-29T23:43:04+00:00

    This! This bar is extremely annoying!

    I've reverted every annoying change that 8.1 update made (Store on the taskbar; Taskbar in Metro apps; Metro apps on the taskbar) but can't find a way to remove this one and it is driving me nuts.

    Note, I am using a laptop computer with a mouse, and no touch screen, and I still believe it is better the way 8.1 was originally. I also don't want to see that abomination in case I have my Surface on the touch cover.

    I realized - 8.1 is all my father always wanted in the way he uses computers, but sadly he won't ever be able to use 8/8.1. You see, MS trained all people to use that start minimize maximize interface, despite some people always running everything maximized and have all applications they want to start as shortcuts on the desktop.    

    I've personally stopped using MS when 98 SE came out, because I switched to the CLI of Linux and Cisco devices, and XP/FLP for some odd work. Later on got tired of the if it is broken fix it yourself attitude of Linux and went to Mac and to iOS.  Now, I can say MS Metro/Modern or whatever the name is, is the most productive interface, even if I am still holding to my iOS phone, and all that distance from Windows of the Vista/7 generation has allowed me to actually embrace and use 8.1 as it should be used, much more productive, and I absolutely love the split screen, variable width multitasking between a desktop and a metro app.

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  3. @CmdrKeene 90,631 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2014-04-28T15:49:52+00:00

    You don't need two hands to move multiple tiles around.

    1. Hold on the first time until it highlights
    2. Touch any other tiles to select them also
    3. Drag the entire group of selected files wherever you like

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-28T15:45:01+00:00

    I just want to add my voice and say when you add this features to Windows 8 based on "feedback", please make them OPTIONAL.

    I have a big problem with the two-handed approach you make us use for moving multiple tiles around. The old way was easier.

    MAKE THESE CHANGES OPTIONAL.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-04-26T19:02:32+00:00

    I have been a computer consultant for 16 years and a long time Microsoft fan but I agree I want to use the Metro RDP app on my surface but the title bar has almost made it unusable.  I'm very disappointed that Microsoft did not give us setting to disable this feature and more control over all the features in this update.

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